Inside North Korea's Science and Technology Center

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The North Korean Science & Technology Center in Pyongyang, January 8, 2016.

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The building is centered around a replica of the rocket that launched North Korea's one and only satellite in 2012.

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A framed photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seen hanging on the wall of the science center.

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Visitors to the center use the tightly regulated North Korean intranet.

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A giant portrait of late North Korean dictators Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

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A guide shows visitors a display in the North Korean Science and Technology Center.

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The center includes exhibits that highlight technological as well as scientific development, such as this fighter jet.

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A tank exhibit inside the center.

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CNN, the only U.S. broadcaster operating in North Korea, visited a high-tech science center which is the public face of the country's push to advance technological development in the wake of its purported hydrogen bomb test.